*The following narrative is from one of our HIV-positive scholarship applicants. It has been minimally changed to remove any identifying information.*
Around five o’clock, February 15, 2013, I rushed from school to an appointment with my doctor. I was called in on a short notice and when I arrived, my doctor already left for the day. Oddly enough, the nurse called him on his cell phone and he told me personally that he’ll be on his way back to the office. I never thought too much of it. I was at the doctor for a checkup because I was suffering from giardiasis for the past couple of months.